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Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies : Oedipus the King, Aias, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, author; Taplin, Oliver, translator; Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English; Sophocles. Ajax. English; Sophocles. Philoctetes. English; Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus. English is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Oedipus the King * Aias * Philoctetes * Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. In these four tragedies he portrays the extremes of human suffering and emotion, turning the heroic myths into supreme works of poetry and dramatic action. Oedipus the King follows Oedipus, the 'man of sorrow', who has unwittingly chosen to enact his prophesied course by murdering his father and marr
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- Author
- Sophocles, author; Taplin, Oliver, translator; Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English; Sophocles. Ajax. English; Sophocles. Philoctetes. English; Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus. English
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192806857
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
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